

When Anne later tries to call him, he does not pick up the phone. She asks him if he feels the same, but he is evasive.

Several days later, she meets him in the museum and states she is looking for more than casual sex. They argue over the situation, as she believes he does not trust her to dispose of the semen rather than take it. After they have sex, Anne offers to throw away his used condom but he steadfastly refuses to hand it over to her. Several days later, a package for Christian is deposited at the store, containing the phone and the completely untouched wallet.Įuphoric after the success of his plan, Christian goes to a party where he meets Anne again, and ends up in her apartment. Christian throws a copy of the letter in each apartment mailbox at night. They write a threatening anonymous letter demanding the return of the phone and wallet by depositing them at a nearby 7-Eleven. He is able to track the position of his phone on his computer, which he and his assistant Michael trace to a large apartment block. Later, he is pulled into a confrontation in a pedestrian zone, after which Christian notices that his smartphone and wallet are missing, presumably stolen in a confidence trick. He is interviewed by the journalist Anne, struggling to explain museum parlance. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.Ĭhristian is the curator of the X-Royal art museum in Stockholm, formerly the Royal Palace. It went on to win six European Film Awards, including Best Film two Guldbagge Awards, including Best Director and other honours. It was subsequently selected for the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was entered into the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and won the Palme d'Or. Östlund was also inspired by a notorious incident involving Oleg Kulik and cast Notary in a parody, drawing on Notary's experience imitating apes. The story was partly inspired by an installation Östlund and producer Kalle Boman had made. Amid these distractions, a controversial promotional video for an art installation is published without his oversight, threatening his career and sparking a debate about freedom of expression and political correctness.Ī Swedish production with co-production support from Germany, France and Denmark, the film was shot in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Berlin. The film is about a curator (Bang) who struggles with numerous personal issues, including the theft of his mobile phone and an affair with a journalist (Moss). The Square is a 2017 internationally co-produced satirical film written and directed by Ruben Östlund and starring Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West and Terry Notary.
